Rise of the Dictators Quiz

What is a dictator?

• A person that has absolute control over a nation and its people
• A person that is elected by the people and answers to their will
• A person that runs the government with limits to their power
• A person that rules a nation fairly and justly

What country did Mussolini lead?

• Italy
• Germany
• France
• The United Kingdom

What African nation did Italy invade in 1935?

• Ethiopia
• France
• Egypt
• Madagascar

Of what nation was Joseph Stalin the leader?

• The Soviet Union
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

Which of the following acts that Hitler did was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

• Put German troops in the Rhineland
• United Germany with Austria
• Demanded territory that used to belong to Germany
• ALL of these were violations

What was the term for the British allowing Hitler to have the Sudetenland later referred as?

• Appeasement
• The Munich Peace Plan
• The Great Deal
• Hitler's Magnificent Promise

What was going on in the 1930's that led to several dictators around the world coming to power?

• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• The Panic of Central Europe
• The Prosperity of the Great Nations

What led to the rise of totalitarianism governments in Germany, Italy and Spain in the 1920s and 1930s.

• The success of the Communist in a command economy. 
• Severe economic problems that arose in Europe after WWI.
• The active support of the United States. 
• Movements demanding the reture of the old monarchies. 

How did Japan justify building an empire in the 1930s?

• Revenging attacks by aggressive neighbors
• Claiming ancient native lands. 
• spreading religion
• obtaining food and raw materials

This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism